rabidsheeep
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Well, as the title warns, i have plenty of questions...
I understand dual deploy, and from talking to people and doing alittle(lot) of googling I think i have an idea of how to do this.
I decided to d/d my arreaux because it seemed like the easiest kit i had to modify for it. I really dont care much about the practibility (providing that is a word) of using the kit, i just want to see if i can manage to do this.
So, heres the layout. Nothing fancy. Coupler in middle, upper payload will be screwed to coupler, NC ejects for upper charge.
Layout of d/d
Heres the Alt. Mount (Ive probably posted this before)
Alt Mount
And the CR's for it, 2 peices of 1/8th ply epoxied together:
CR/bulkhead pic
Now for the horrific and scary diagram:
After talking to ed on chat i decided the simplest way to connect the charge is just through a small hole in the cr/bulkheads. The Red is a thicker (3/16?) bulkhead that the eyehooks for shockcords connect to. This is also where the ejection charge will lay (k.i.s.s.)
On the front red cr/bulkhead to hold the altimeter, coupler and payload in place (with masking tape ontop of all this) are screws passing through the payload tube, coupler, into the cr/bulkhead. Will this work alright? I cant think of how else to have the altimiter be taken out... It would be alittle hard to line up but should work...
Comments, suggestions, something simple I am missing?
As far as the shockcord goes, i guess i will cut the elastic one near the tube and tie a kevlar extension to that, using kevlar for the top too.
For the altimiter its a missile works rrc2, for the canisters and ematch I'm thinking of using the quickburst pre-made disposable canisters, or if anyone has a better suggestion (would it just be better to use daveyfire ematches and follow guides ive seen?)
Thanks a bunch
--sheeepy
I understand dual deploy, and from talking to people and doing alittle(lot) of googling I think i have an idea of how to do this.
I decided to d/d my arreaux because it seemed like the easiest kit i had to modify for it. I really dont care much about the practibility (providing that is a word) of using the kit, i just want to see if i can manage to do this.
So, heres the layout. Nothing fancy. Coupler in middle, upper payload will be screwed to coupler, NC ejects for upper charge.
Layout of d/d
Heres the Alt. Mount (Ive probably posted this before)
Alt Mount
And the CR's for it, 2 peices of 1/8th ply epoxied together:
CR/bulkhead pic
Now for the horrific and scary diagram:
After talking to ed on chat i decided the simplest way to connect the charge is just through a small hole in the cr/bulkheads. The Red is a thicker (3/16?) bulkhead that the eyehooks for shockcords connect to. This is also where the ejection charge will lay (k.i.s.s.)
On the front red cr/bulkhead to hold the altimeter, coupler and payload in place (with masking tape ontop of all this) are screws passing through the payload tube, coupler, into the cr/bulkhead. Will this work alright? I cant think of how else to have the altimiter be taken out... It would be alittle hard to line up but should work...
Comments, suggestions, something simple I am missing?
As far as the shockcord goes, i guess i will cut the elastic one near the tube and tie a kevlar extension to that, using kevlar for the top too.
For the altimiter its a missile works rrc2, for the canisters and ematch I'm thinking of using the quickburst pre-made disposable canisters, or if anyone has a better suggestion (would it just be better to use daveyfire ematches and follow guides ive seen?)
Thanks a bunch
--sheeepy